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Dr Caitlin Green
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Dr Caitlin Green

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History, archaeology, place-names & early lit. Main research on post-Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England; also long-distance trade, migration & contact.

Cornwall/Lincolnshire
caitlingreen.org
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    Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 14 Mar 2015

    Ancient Egyptian coins & figurines found in Britain--modern losses or ancient losses/trade? http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/02/ptolemaic-coins-britain.html …pic.twitter.com/ftXP4cdSqk

    3:46 PM - 14 Mar 2015
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      2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 15 Mar 2015
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        Bronze Age trade in glass+amber between Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia & Denmark, c1400-1100 BC :) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030544031400449X …pic.twitter.com/CZqI8nyM9b

        6 replies 41 retweets 37 likes
      3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 15 Mar 2015
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        Image of the 14thC BC Ølby grave w/ Egyptian bead (40 km south of Copenhagen) is via this report, incidentally:http://sciencenordic.com/danish-bronze-age-glass-beads-traced-egypt …

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      2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 24 May 2015
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        A 2ndC BC Ptolemaic naophorous statue, weighing 48lbs, found 9 feet down in Middlesex in 1929! http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=120309&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/tetp9mDJyX

        2 replies 14 retweets 15 likes
      3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 24 May 2015
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        The ArchJnl, 1936, notes found in "undisturbed gravel under clay"; used as doorstop at HMV factory until someone pointed out what it was! :)

        1 reply 6 retweets 6 likes
      4. George Rick‏ @GeorgeRick1 24 May 2015
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        @caitlinrgreen I wonder about the significance of the figure in relief within the statue. And just use a wedge under that door from now on!

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 24 May 2015
        Replying to @GeorgeRick1

        @GeorgeRick1 Lol! It's described as a statue of a priest, now headless, holding in front a shrine with an image of a god :)

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. George Rick‏ @GeorgeRick1 24 May 2015
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        @caitlinrgreen I see! It's a bit eerily prescient of the Catholic practice of holding a monstrance aloft for veneration of the Host.

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      2. Paul Barford‏ @PortantIssues 15 Mar 2015
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        @caitlinrgreen @DorothyKing or 'planted' by finders.A lot of it about among metal detectorists seeking 'find of the month' club prize.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 15 Mar 2015
        Replying to @PortantIssues

        @PortantIssues @DorothyKing Biddle in article mentioned discusses similar :) poss for some, but don't think works as general explanation :)

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      4. Paul Barford‏ @PortantIssues 15 Mar 2015
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        @caitlinrgreen @DorothyKing how to tell, you've noted a lot of 'out of place' stuff in PAS database, must mean sthg

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      5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 15 Mar 2015
        Replying to @PortantIssues

        @PortantIssues @DorothyKing I think the multi-generational finds are noteworthy, from 19thC onwards, as Biddle says; also fact that some >

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      6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 15 Mar 2015
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        @PortantIssues @DorothyKing > found several feet down eg Tenby Menander coin, plus the Ptolemaic hoard of c1900. Also think differential >

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      7. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 15 Mar 2015
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        @PortantIssues @DorothyKing > deposition is key, see second map---v few Classical Greek, Phoenician, collectable Syracuse coins as might >

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      8. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 15 Mar 2015
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        @PortantIssues @DorothyKing > expect if just random losses or ppl planting "interesting" coins. Also note Winchester evidence---if hoaxes >

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      9. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 15 Mar 2015
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        @PortantIssues @DorothyKing > then v long lasting as Ptolemaic coins found over three generations in and around Winchester! :)

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      2. Marius Hollenga‏ @MariusHollenga 14 Mar 2015
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        @caitlinrgreen I smell Romans behind this. Or is that a dumb thought?

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      3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 14 Mar 2015
        Replying to @MariusHollenga

        @MariusHollenga Oh, def possible for some, but others could be pre-Roman losses eg Winchester coins, Cumbria hoard :)

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      4. Marius Hollenga‏ @MariusHollenga 14 Mar 2015
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        @caitlinrgreen Well, that means there was more contact than I always thought, I always imagined the pre-Roman world as "small"

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      5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 14 Mar 2015
        Replying to @MariusHollenga

        @MariusHollenga Could be indirect, tho ppl seem happy w/ Carthaginians visiting Britain & Greek Pytheas def did: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pytheas 

        2 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 14 Mar 2015
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        @MariusHollenga For really far-ranging contacts, how about these coins from the Indo-Greek kingdom!? http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/01/indo-greek-indo-scythian-other-early.html …

        2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
      7. Marius Hollenga‏ @MariusHollenga 14 Mar 2015
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        @caitlinrgreen Beautiful coins, too.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      8. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 14 Mar 2015
        Replying to @MariusHollenga

        @MariusHollenga Definitely! Eg Worn one of these from London, Apollodotus, perhaps ruled down to Gujarat in 2C BC :)pic.twitter.com/5gahQ4mS8V

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      9. Marius Hollenga‏ @MariusHollenga 14 Mar 2015
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        @caitlinrgreen How...Greek were these kings? Was it similar to what happened in Egypt?

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